spå

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Danish

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Etymology

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From Old Norse spá, from Proto-Germanic *spahōną, cognate with Norwegian, Swedish spå. A variant of *spehōną, which is the source of German spähen (to spy) (and, via French, English spy).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /spɔːˀ/, [ˈsb̥ɔˀ]

Verb

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spå (past tense spåede, past participle spået)

  1. to predict, forecast, foretell, prophesy

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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From Old Norse spá.

Verb

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spå (imperative spå, present tense spår, passive spås, simple past spådde, past participle spådd, present participle spående)

  1. to predict, forecast, foretell, prophesy
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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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From Old Norse spá, from Proto-Germanic *spahōną, *spēhōną. Related to Latin specere (to see).

Verb

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spå (present tense spår, past tense spådde, past participle spådd or spått, passive infinitive spåast, present participle spåande, imperative spå)

  1. to predict, forecast, foretell, prophesy
  2. to warn, bode
  3. to assume

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Swedish

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Etymology

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From Old Norse spá (to foretell, prophesy), from Proto-Germanic *spahōną, *spēhōną (to observe), from Proto-Indo-European *speḱ- (to look).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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spå (present spår, preterite spådde, supine spått, imperative spå)

  1. to foretell, to divine; to tell the future and fortune through supernatural means
  2. (by extension) to predict, to (more or less confidently) guess
    Jag spår att det kommer regna imorgon
    I predict it's going to rain tomorrow
    Hon spåddes en lysande karriär
    She was predicated to have a stellar career

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Synonyms

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  • (foretell): sia
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